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Does there exist a plane curve such that it has the heart curve as catacaustic?

Given a curve $C$ and a fixed point $L$ (the light source), the catacaustic of $C$ with respect to $L$ is the envelope of light rays coming from $L$ and reflected from the curve $C$. The catacaustic ...
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Question $B_5 \equiv B_1$ or $B_5 \ne B_1$?

Let $(C_1)$, $(C_2)$ be two conics on the same Ellipsoid, (or Hyperboloid, or Paraboloid). Let $A_1, A_2, A_3, A_4$ be four arbitrary points lie on $(C_1)$; $B_1$ be arbitrary point on $(C_2)$. The ...
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Which equation of a Butterfly?

Let $A, B$ be two points and $L$ be a line on the Euclidean Plane. Take two points $J, G$ on the line $L$ such that $JG=constant$. Let $AJ$ meet $BG$ at $P$, $AG$ meet $BJ$ at $Q$, then the locus of ...
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A conjecture for a curve cuts a curve - variant Cayley-Bacharach's theorem

I propose a conjecture variant of Cayley-Bacharach's theorem. I'm an electrical engineer, I am not a mathematician. I don't know how to prove this result. Could you give a solution or let me know ...
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Maximal number of connected components of complement to an affine plane real algebraic curve

Let $X$ be a (singular, reducible) affine plane real algebraic curve of degree $d$. How we can estimate maximal number of connected components of it's complement in $R^2$ in terms of degree?